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The Alumni Association

The school's alumni association was organized in 1997 and consists of an executive committee, a board, and alumni members.  The full board meets at least once a year, and stays in touch during the year through conference calls and emails.  Both the board and the executive committee are eager to have the association play a more vital and active role in the lives of school alumni.  Intial actions included the first-ever call for dues.  The association has also launched efforts to develop, fully fund, and maintain an endowed alumni-sponsored scholarship for public health and tropical medicine students.  Officers would love to hear more ideas from alumni about how they would like to see the alumni association continue the connection with the school after each student graduates.

Meet Your Executive Committee:

Lori Hoepner
President

Lori Hoepner, shown here on a New Orleans street car with her son Aidan, is a 1995 maternal and child health graduate.  She is the deputy director of organizational and analytical data management and is enrolled in Columbia's DrPH program in environmental health sciences.

Elaine Hicks
President-elect

Elaine Hicks graduated in 1994 with a degree in health communications and education.  She is now an outreach health sciences librarian.  She is enrolled at the University of Illinois at the Urbana-Champaign Graduate School of Library and Information Science, and was recently awarded a $5,000 scholarship from the Medical Library Association.

NancyKay Sullivan Wessman
Vice President

NancyKay Wessman Sullivan, a 1989 graduate in health communications and education, left public service six years ago to work as a public health advocate, consultant, freelance reporter, and non-fiction writer.

Cynthia Hayes
Executive Director

Cynthia Hayes works on staff for Tulane as the director of Alumni Relations and Constituency Programs for the Health Sciences Center.  She serves as the executive director of the school's alumni association.

The Alumni Board


Anne ByerlyEdward R. DeSocio
Bernard H. Eichold IIElaine Hicks
Lori HoepnerSally Knight
Penny JessopM.A. Krousel-Wood
Ann MetzingerC. Alison Walker
NancyKay Sullivan Wessman
Cynthia Hayes ex-officioPierre Buekens ex-officio

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Dues

Dues for official membership in the school alumni association are $25.00.  They can be mailed to: 

Tulane University
Office of Alumni Affairs
Attn:  Cynthia Hayes
200 Broadway Street, Suite 209
New Orleans, LA  70118

Dues payments can be made out to "Tulane SPHTM-AA."  If you have any questions, contact Cynthia Hayes at 504-988-6248 or via email.

The Alumni Fund

The Tulane Alumni Fund is one of the be best ways to support the school and future public health scholars.  Please visit the school's development page to learn more.

Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
1440 Canal St., New Orleans, LA 70112
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Phone 504.988.5388 | Fax 504.988.0907
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